See also:

• GAMUT (from the Greek letter gamma, used as a musical symbol, and ut, the first syllable of the medieval hymn Sanctus Johannes)

GAMUT (from the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter See also:

• GAMMA

gamma, used as a musical See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol, and ut, the first syllable of the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval hymn Sanctus Johannes)  , a See also:

• TERM

term in See also:

• MUSIC

music used to mean generally the whole See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

compass or range of notes possessed by an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument or See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice . Historically, however, the sense has See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed from its stricter musical meaning of a See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale (the recognized musical scale of any See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period), originating in the See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval " See also:

• GREAT

great scale," of which the invention has usually been ascribed to Guido of See also:

• AREZZO (anc. Arretium)

Arezzo (q.v.) in the 11th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . The whole question is somewhat obscure, but, in the See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of musical notation out of the classical alphabetical See also:

• SYSTEM

system, the invention of the medieval See also:

• GAMUT (from the Greek letter gamma, used as a musical symbol, and ut, the first syllable of the medieval hymn Sanctus Johannes)

gamut is more properly assigned to See also:

• HUCBALD (HUOBALDUS, HUBALDUS)

Hucbald (d . 930) . In his system of scales the semitone was always between the 2nd and 3rd of a tetrachord, as G, A, 5 B, C, so the B and jr F of the second See also:

• OCTAVE (from Lat. octavus, eighth, octo, eight)

octave were in false relation to the b B and ; F of the first two tetrachords .